I like Scott Brown and Leigh Griffiths’ reactions to our recent adversity. It says a lot about them. They both personalise responsibility for what happens next, this is an important part of recovery – and success.
A week ago I wrote that the League Cup semi against Ross County was the biggest game in the rest of our season, and that it wasn’t a game I’d bet on. It provided the toxicity cup football can generate, creating a crisis mentality which rolled into Aberdeen on Wednesday.
This psychological phenomenon has to end now. Feel free to put a date in June in the diary to get back to it. We are in a genuine league title contest, something you and I talked about as a great thing for Scottish football not so long ago. We have no God given right to be miles ahead of anyone. We are here because we’ve made mistakes and an opponent stepped up. Welcome to Celtic.
If you want to open an inquest when the patient catches a cold, knock yourself out, but I’m not up for it. If we want this title, we circle the wagons and give the manager and players the encouragement they need to get the job done (and, erm, that includes you, ‘Phyllis’). You can be sure Aberdeen fans will do nothing less.
Tomorrow the focus switches to Perth, where Aberdeen take on St Johnstone. They won their first 8 league games this season, but the wheels came off the tractor immediately after their most important victory away from home – at Tynecastle. Next up was a League Cup game against Hibs, the loss of which plunged them into a five-week chasm.
They are a team who get notoriously nervous just when they begin to think they are in with a chance. We’ll see what Tommy Wright does with them tomorrow.
Enjoy your football. Enjoy this league race, the challenge and the disappointments. Enjoy that thrill when a goal goes against Aberdeen, or the downer when they score. It will make the finale all the more rewarding, I promise you.
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Pathetic from mcgregor
Whit’s happened with McGregor??
Morning Bhoys, Just saw the Mcgregor article. Silly Bhoy. Never hear the end of it today.
Enjoy yer day.
KLV
Is the Friday night before a Sunday match a “day off” for players?
Is there no training today ahead of the 5th round Scottish Cup tie tomorrow?
Setting aside the small matter (!) of an alleged drink driving charge, what part of ‘professional athlete’ does Callum McGregor not understand?
Afternoon Timland from a cooler hun free mountain valley.
So young McGregor gone done for DD, what a plonker.
Remember seeing a vid of Xavi a few years back telling the weans at Barca on how to look after themselfs if they wanted to become footballers, and he was scathing about them drinking any alcohol whatsoever.
Tis a short life a footballer, plenty of time to drink when your career is over.
You’ve got to acknowledge the speed of the work of “the source” mind you. Story was in the favoured rag before the paperwork was written up.
Sipsini
Bar staff are denying all or any knowledge of it, me thinks Wee table tennis has scuppered it :))
If the story about young McGregor is true will this mean that he will also be ‘loaned to Hibs’? Personally i can’t think of a more anti social and downright selfish act than drink driving. Then again our glorious leaders probably believe that it is a less heinous offence than, allegedly, punching someone in a pub or publically admitting to holding Irish Nationalist sentiments.
TBB
Aye, I bet the polis were on the phone to the rags before he was doon the station.
HH
WTF is the “Rangers Oldco Fraud Case”?
Are folk unaware that the current SFA member The Rangers Football Club Ltd features on a criminal indictment which alleges that the club was set up for the purpose of executing a criminal fraud? And that one of the victims of the alleged fraud is the SFA itself?
TBB, no matter how fast it appeared in the Daily Ranger, Drink + Drive = Fanny however you look at it.
McGregor done for dwi, well I. Hope the club give him help and listen to the boy, everyone deserves a second chance in my opinion.
Every cloud has a silver lining though – no doubt McGregor will get dropped, deservedly so as his alleged actions are detrimental to the club’s reputation – and also he’s been a bit pash – so Allan might get a chance.
Per oddschecker Bet365 are going 11/1 on Killie, no a bad price for a full time team playing in Govan…… For any gambler it’s always better getting beat with the best price
is mcg trying to take the heat off rd?
I’m still raging at what to me looked like a cheap bbc stitch up on Mastermind last night.
How easy is it too compile 15 questions about one of the greatest managers ever?
What we got was…
The battle of Montevideo
The ‘Sectarian singing by Celtic fans about IRA’
An abandoned 1970 preseason tour game v Bari.
What never got a mention…
9 in a row
4 European semis
10 out of 11 Scottish cup finals 65-75
Beating arguably the best English team ever home and away.
Developing the greatest British player to ever play in England, Dalglish.
Scotland World Cup 86 mentoring Alex Ferguson.
Taking provincial Dunfermline to a Fair Cities cup semi final.
A Sevco Compiler? Looks like it to me. Letter on the way.
If McGregor is found guilty, after due process of course, given the ‘whoha’ created by some on here concerning Anto Stokes, in comparison, minor misdemeanour’s and his bringing the good name of Celtic FC into disrepute I await the considered views of the ‘conservative wing of CQN’ with interest.
Tony Donnelly. 11.09.
I tend to agree with you, we all make mistakes, before any witch hunt we should try and establish the circumstances.
The lack of professionalism surprises me,but as I say I would like to know why he was drink driving less than 40 hours before a game. If he doesn’t have any mitigating circumstances I would expect him to be heavily fined by the club. The courts will also deal with charge, so it could be an expensive lesson for him.
Just put £2 on killie winning 2-0 at 90/1.
Surely better than a 1.11% chance as the odds imply?
Lastofthebigspenderscsc
Huns at it again, eh!
Huns V Killie …draw 4/1 A lady Godiva on it ,Kilmarnock win 9/1 A lady Godiva on it, an Airton Senna on it and yer laughing, unless the manky mob wun.
Quick note to say there are a few tickets remaining for the EK end for tomorrow’s match.
With John Hartson the club’s Hon President, and CQN’s own Paddybhoy’s bhoy in goal for EK, notwithstanding the socio-demographics of East Kilbride, you’ll be welcome amongst friends.
You can pick ’em up at K Park today.
Jimmynotpaul
The boy has made a silly mistake no doubt about that, but knee jerk reactions are not going to help the situation, time for calm and let the powers that be look after the situation and see how it pans out, you can’t just through the kid under the bus ffs.
But! Then again some will, but not me, he’s still a CFC player, and one of us.
Oglach, if you remove Celtic from the equation for a minute and just consider McGregor any other average person, if he’s found guilty of drink-driving he deserves what’s coming down the track no matter what the conservative wing of CQN thinks – or the liberal wing, for that matter. It’s not just a misdemeanour – it’s a criminal offence that puts other people at risk. The fact that he’s a Celtic player makes zero difference to that aspect.
Judging by this?
http://videocelts.com/2016/02/blogs/latest-news/sfa-asked-in-court-are-you-saying-we-should-identify-the-notion-of-rangers-as-a-philosophical-idea
Callum McGregor
Big mistake, young man! You will face a hurricane of public criticism. The Celtic support feel really let down by your stupidity and complete lack of concern for the damage to our club.
However, we all make mistakes, and if you show the right attitude, all may not be lost. I hope this is the case.
If you do go on to make it at Celtic, you will have shown tremendous spirit. Do you have what it takes?
fieldofdrams on 6th February 2016 11:31 am
It’s not just a misdemeanour – it’s a criminal offence that puts other people at risk. The fact that he’s a Celtic player makes zero difference to that aspect. – See more at: http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/reacting-to-adversity/comment-page-17/#comment-2770837
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I agree entirely. if he is found guilty after due process of the law. My own opinion is that a DD conviction should carry an automatic custodial sentence, as it does in many countries. However my less than subtle point was to question if there will be the same ‘outrage’ directed at young Callum for bringing the club in to disrepute as there was when Anto attended a family friends funeral or when he, allegedly, punched Elvis.
I’v had my say on the kid McGregor with the DWI, but what I will say is that before this day is out, CFC board, or PL, or DD will have the blame at they’r feet, it’s just the way some in here operate.
Agenda agenda agenda.
Oglach
You don’t think Anthony marked his own card turning up late for training before the Inter Milan game, I always thought that was the main reason he fell out of favour with Ronny anyway???
Morning Celts
CMcG…Young boy doing someting silly…like we all have.
Its not professional though to be out drinking the night before a game.
Tut Tut.
He will pay the consequence.
But he is only a lad, wouldnt like to see anything bad happen to him.
HH
FFS, the boy fecked up, don’t know about all the better than now brigade but when I was a daft bhoy I took the chance, not now as I’m older and wiser I don’t, yep, silly boy a lesson learned and fortunately no damage done.
Before the Cqn polis come on, life is a learning curve.
starry plough on 6th February 2016 11:52 am
Oglach
You don’t think Anthony marked his own card turning up late for training before the Inter Milan game, I always thought that was the main reason he fell out of favour with Ronny anyway???
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Don’t think it helped his cause at all but a player turning up late for training? Given Stokes was, and still is, one of the best football players and proven goal scorer on ‘Celtic’s books’ I tend to believe that there is a wee bit more to his being ‘frozen out’ of the 1st team than poor time keeping. Or perhaps it is just further proof that Ronnie (imo) wouldn’t know a decent footballer if he fell over one.
I tend as a rule to avoid making personal comments but have just clocked the Sky pundits for Sevco today. Isn’t Smudger Smith’s synthetic hair at 61 years ( jet black no less) a fairly questionable piece of barnet work. It makes Elton John’s look 100% natural. Each to their own I suppose.
Radio Shortbread,banned from Poundland,still have live commentary of their heroes,MacLean watching on TV in the studio….. Pathetic
Hoopy birthday Jude have a great day.HH.
My friends in Celtic,
Is Callum McGregor rich and famous enough yet to call in the services of Nick Freeman ( Mr Loophole)
HH.
Oglach
Ronny played him a lot when he came and he seemed to respond to Ronny’s ideas so I’m guessing the late coming for the biggest game of that time marked his card. No doubting the mans skills that’s for sure esp when we have to watch Stuart Armstrong fumbling about week after week:((
HH
If the board and Peter Lawell in particular hadn’t given. Calum a wage increase and a better contract he wouldn’t have been out therefore I blame the board PL and Ronny
:-))